The move is a nice one for UFC President Dana White, who famously dropped an F-Bomb (f*ggot, not f*ck) in an interview several years ago, as he can now boast of the UFC’s universal inclusiveness with both women and homosexuals all in one fell swoop. PR stunts aside, though, it’s just good for everyone, as long as it’s not the only thing that defines Carmouche. I’m sure she’d like to be known as a UFC champion, in addition to being a champion for equality.

In the meantime, her presence is a win-win for everyone involved, as the UFC takes a step forward in fighting the stigma of White’s mistake, while Carmouche goes into her championship match at UFC 157 on Feb. 26 against Rousey with not only female MMA fans supporting her, but also gay MMA fans, and that’s something that means a lot to her.

“I’ll tell you right now, if there’s a gay fighter in the UFC, I wish he would come out,” he said. “I could care less if there’s a gay fighter in the UFC. There probably is, and there’s probably more than one. It’s 2012. Give me a break.”

Maybe it’s a coincidence that Carmouche is in the UFC now as the best possible competition for Rousey, or maybe it’s simply a scratch-my-back scenario that helps White look a little better as he tells activist groups to “F*ck off”. Either way, if you Google “UFC gay” now, the main story is Carmouche, and that’s good, because it’s time.

For the record, I dont really watch UFC, but I’m objectively curious: How would you go about testing for performance enhancing drugs? I mean, there is increasing evidence of links between differences in hormones and sexual orientation.

How would they know if she was using like androgel or something before matches to hulk up into a murderous rage?

The pre-fight pee test checks for testosterone to epitestosterone ratio. If that ratio is too high based on a set level (I am unaware of what that is or what it is based off of, but I’m guessing it involves science), then I think they do blood work to check pure testosterone numbers. I might have the regular PED test conflated with the TRT testing.

If I am correct, there could be a problem with someone’s T/E ratio being within normal ranges, but the actual quantities could be supremely high. This is caught when VADA/WADA/Olympic style testing is done, since that includes blood testing.

It’s about ratios, not volumes. For example, if I was making sweet passionate jiu-jitsu to Ronda Rousey for hours and hours like a world champion it would naturally raise her testosterone and her epitestosterone equally. Her ratios – which should be 1/1, just like matter and anti-matter in a warp core – wouldn’t get out of whack. As opposed to her getting jacked up on synthetic testosterone which doesn’t create an epitestosterone counter balance.

Chael Sonnen failed his drug test because his testosterone/epitestosterone ratio was 17/1 not because his blood washboard abs.

This is certainly important to point out but, honestly, I long for the days when none of this matters. I recognize that this is important but I’ve transitioned into the belief that the attitude of equality and acceptance is one of apathy.
SO without further ado: Cool Story, Bro.